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An exceptional tall Victorian glass pedestal vase. The shape is lovely and the decoration is most unusual - it's almost as if there is an elaborate tall centerpiece gilded on the vase. Dolphins with entwined tails rest on a large bowl with finial. Above the dolphin tails is a vase with a tall arrangement of roses and cattails. A butterfly hovers above the vignette. The back of the vase has a star like ornament. The vase has a clear outer layer and a very thin inside layer of white glass which gives the vase the appearance of being opaline glass. The applied foot has tiny engraved ovals around the top edge. The cattails, lines in the bowls, and the center of the star are engraved. I don't know who made this vase or its age. It could be Sandwich Glass, or French Art Nouveau, or.???